Enrico Colantoni     : Role - Keith Mars

Birthday                    : 14 February 1963

Birth Place                : Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Birth Name               : Enrico “Rico” Colantoni

Recent Role              : Sgt. Gregory Parker on Flashpoint

Enrico Colantoni was born on 14 February 1963 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of Quintino Colantoni, a truck driver and a laborer and Gina Colantoni, a garment worker. He studied psychology and sociology at the University of Toronto but then transferred to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. He later graduated from the Yale school of Drama, where he won the Carol Dye Award. He has two children Quintin and Madilyn from his ex-wife, Nancy Snyder.

He is a Canadian actor and currently appears in a Canadian police drama- ‘Flashpoint‘, which is also aired on CBS in U.S. He has also appeared in ‘Just Shoot Me!‘ as “Elliot DiMauro” and in ‘Veronica Mars’ as “Keith Mars“. He appeared in a supporting role in films like - ‘The Wrong Guy’, ‘Galaxy Quest’ and ‘Artificial Intelligence: A.I.’. His other films are ‘My Mom’s New Boyfriend‘, ‘The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest‘, ‘Stigmata‘, ‘Screwed: A Hollywood Bedtime Story‘, ‘The Member of the Wedding‘, ‘Albino Alligator‘ and ‘Money Train‘. He has also appeared in many TV shows for a single episode. Some of them are- ‘Century City‘, ‘Stargate SG-1‘, ‘Whoopi‘, ‘The Wayne Brady Show’ , ‘Life’s Work‘, and ‘Night Heat’.

He won the Family Film Award in 2006 in the category of Favorite Father and Daughter for 8th Annual Family Friendly Awards (2006) and was nominated in Teen Choice Awards -2006 in the category of TV - Choice Parental Unit for ‘Veronica Mars’.

Role in Veronica Mars

Enrico Colantoni is playing the role of “Keith Mars” in ‘Veronica Mars‘. “Keith” is the father of “Veronica” and a former Balboa County Sheriff. He shares very close relationship with his daughter. He started as a private investigator after leaving the services of Balboa County, and “Veronica” stands by his side in his most difficult times. His wife “Lianne” left him and he has had three romantic relations since then. He was involved with “Rebecca“, “Alice” and “Harmony Chase“.  However, in due course of time, he ended up his relation with all three of them.